Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location.
Photograph Plaque: Usually located next to the photograph; will provide most information about the image
Citation: Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Juvisy, France. 1938. Photograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Photograph in Print (A photograph found in a book)
Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Book Title. City: Publisher, Year Published. Page(s). Print.
Front Cover Page 2 The title page and subsequent pages after the cover will have publication information
Page of Photograph
Citation: Bennett, Peter. Antique Shop, East Village. New York City: A Photographic Portrait. Rockport: Twin Lights, 2007. 8. Print. Photograph via Website (A photograph found or posted on a website)
Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Website Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. <URL>.
*URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.
Website Date accessed: Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Citation: Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Juvisy, France. 1938. Photograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. MoMA. Web. 24 June 2010. Photograph via Database (An photograph found via database)
Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Database Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. <URL>.
*URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.
Database Date accessed: Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Citation: Freed, Leonard. Holidaymaker Stuck in Traffic Jams. 1965. Photograph. ARTstor. Web. 1 July 2010. Digital Image (Citing a digital image)
Structure: Last, First M. Title/Description. Digital image. Website Title. Website Publisher. Date Month Year Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. <URL>.
*Title Note: If none, include description of image instead.
*URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.
Website of Image Website Footer
Image Search: Do not cite the search engine used to find the image, but the website of the image indexed by the search engine Date accessed: Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Citation: Guggenheim Museum in Spain. Digital image. HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks. Web. 22 July 2010.
Photo / Digital image
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Original Photograph (An image produced by a camera)
Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location.
Photograph
Plaque: Usually located next to the photograph; will provide most information about the image
Citation: Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Juvisy, France. 1938. Photograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Photograph in Print (A photograph found in a book)
Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Book Title. City: Publisher, Year Published. Page(s). Print.
Front Cover
Page 2 The title page and subsequent pages after the cover will have publication information
Page of Photograph
Citation: Bennett, Peter. Antique Shop, East Village. New York City: A Photographic Portrait. Rockport: Twin Lights, 2007. 8. Print.
Photograph via Website (A photograph found or posted on a website)
Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Website Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. <URL>.
*URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.
Website
Date accessed: Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Citation: Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Juvisy, France. 1938. Photograph. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. MoMA. Web. 24 June 2010.
Photograph via Database (An photograph found via database)
Structure: Last, First M. Photograph Title. Year Created. Photograph. Museum/Institution, Location. Database Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. <URL>.
*URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.
Database
Date accessed: Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Citation: Freed, Leonard. Holidaymaker Stuck in Traffic Jams. 1965. Photograph. ARTstor. Web. 1 July 2010.
Digital Image (Citing a digital image)
Structure: Last, First M. Title/Description. Digital image. Website Title. Website Publisher. Date Month Year Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. <URL>.
*Title Note: If none, include description of image instead.
*URL Note: URL is optional unless the source cannot be located without it or if required by your teacher.
Website of Image
Website Footer
Image Search: Do not cite the search engine used to find the image, but the website of the image indexed by the search engine
Date accessed: Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Citation: Guggenheim Museum in Spain. Digital image. HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks. Web. 22 July 2010.